Aero on a budget

[Ghastly]

Wanted a new aero(-ish) bike on a tight budget, so I went for a Chinese frame and switched all the components from my (deceased) Canyon.

Frame: Planet X N2A (large)
Groupset: Chorus 11-speed
Crank: Sram Force 22 with 53x39 aero Rotor Q-rings
Handlebar: something Chinese aero carbon 42cm c-c
Wheels: old Zipp rims on American Classic hub with 25mm Vittoria SC tubs (Corima Winium and Ambrosio Nemesis for worse conditions)
Pedals: Look Keo2Max
Sadlle: Selle Italia SLR titanium (may have to switch to something higher from Specialized)



no scale (shame on me!), so no weight at the moment...

[Pieter]

Dat stem

Nice bike.

[0w3n]

nice looking bike! Wow that's a long stem What are your thoughts on the N2a in terms on build quality? I was thinking of getting one myself

[aronjancso]

Looks great!

[Ghastly]

Nicely build frame, a bit of a hassle to install the cables through the frame, but overall no real setbacks.
The matte paint is not that strong, I allready scratched it a little bit from a pedal from an other bike...

[bencolem]

Looks great - but could you have gone for an XL?

[Valbrona]

The owner of that bike knows what they are doing.

[Slammed]

The owner of that bike knows what they are doing.

^ This

[kgt]

+1

[Ghastly]

Looks great - but could you have gone for an XL?

The XL's headtube is nearly 2cm higher and I feel I could go even a little lower with this one... It was a close call, but I'm liking the Large now!

[F45]

When frame makers stop putting in such tall head tubes, us aero guys will buy frames that fit us!

Nice bike.

[ihs0yz]

And what was the budget?

[esfrost]

I was about to ask the same question.

Nice bike btw.

[Ghastly]

Budget:
Frame: 890
Cranck: 200 + 90 for rotors
Handlebar: 45
Tubs: 95
Total:1320euro

Everything else came from the old bike...

[nlouthan]

Nice job. That looks the business!!